Digital Stylus Force Gauge: Which One??

Since I work in a aerospace calibration lab I calibrated my Shure VTF Gage (about 15 years ago) with calibrated 1 and 2 gram weights. My gage was one minor division off from nominal (1 minor division = .1g (100mg). The tolerances of the class E2 weights which I used are 0.030mg (0.00003g) and 0.040mg (0.00004g) respectively, which in turn were calibrated by class E1 accuracy 0.010mg (0.00001g) and 0.012mg (0.000012g) respectively.

FYI: Since Wally of Wally Tools is just one guy, there is a backorder waitlist of approx. 8 weeks on his stylus force gauges! I just called Music Direct and got this info. Also, as others have noted, the guy at Music Direct uses the Shure $20 scale in all his TT setups for customers. The Shure measurement was always spot on with the Wally tool readout. That's not to say the digital readout is not easier to use. I find it hard to see the Shure scale, use the Shure "mirror," and make the tiny adjustments with the little Shure sliding scale. But I guess I'll keep trying. I ordered some more LPs and some stylus cleaning gel from Music Direct this morning instead of backordering a Wally gauge.

Sc53 - you can order all Wally Tools directly from Wally M. himself. When I ordered my WallyScale from him (last September) there was no wait, and I got it in a couple of days. Nothing against MusicDirect (I've bought stuff from them several times and have found their service excellent), but if one is considering a WallyScale, I'd contact him directly and get the low-down on delivery time.

Thank you, Rshak, I will try contacting him directly. Do you have a website or phone no. or email for him?

Sc53 - take a look at www.simplyblack.net/english/Wally/wally_1.htm

Wally's email address is: wwmalewi@aol.com. He can be reached at home (Minnesota) at (763)478-6685.

He's a great fellow, and if you do speak to him, tell him that Robert-With-Almost-Polish-Name said "hello"!